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Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: San Francisco: W.P. Fuller & Co, copyright 1939. Grabhorn Press. 144 pages, 1p family tree, 1p list offices & factories. Frontispiece portrait, chapter head vignettes. 10.5 x 7.25", cloth spine, paper boards. First paint manufacturer in the West. Rocq, California History, 9474. VG.
Seller: Peter L. Masi - books, MONTAGUE, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.52 + shipping
Description: Small 4to, [x],147pp, b.w. illus. 1/4 cloth, paper covered boards. a good copy.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Fuller, W. P.. Ninety Years, the Story of William Parmer Fuller. Grabhorn Press, 1939.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Gray paper covered boards quarterbound in beige cloth. Pastedown title label on spine. Solid binding, corners bumped. Gift inscription on first fly. ; 10.25 X 7.0 X 0.75 inches; 147 pages
Seller: Readers Cove Used Books & Gallery, DEMING, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Large octavo hardcover in blue paper covered boards over buff buckram cloth spine, paper spine label. Presentation copy inscribed and dated 1939 by the company chairman W.P. Fuller, Jr. 144 pp. plus genealogical page. Frontis portrait of William Parmer Fuller. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Fine.
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.44 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. Droplet mark on back cover. Signed on the front free page: To Walter Powers with Best Wishes, Harry Brawner; Fuller Browner 1939. Brawners were William P. Fuller's grandchildren. No other markings in book. Binding is tight. W. P. Fuller & Co. traces its origins to the pioneer firm of Fuller and Heather which began in 1857 in Sacramento. The firm was established when William Parmer Fuller (1827-90) went into partnership with Seton Heather, a young Englishman. The firm advertised itself as being "Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Paints, Oils, French Window Glass, Brushes, Varnishes, Turpentine, Glue, Gold Leaf, Artists' Materials, etc.". In 1862 Fuller and Heather moved to San Francisco. Heather remained in Sacramento managing what would become a branch operation, while Fuller established the headquarters of the business in San Francisco.
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by William P. Fuller, Jr. on the first free endpaper. Inked gift inscription in another hand. Large octavo bound in oatmeal-colored cloth and paper-covered boards. Frontispiece portrait. Condition: minor soiling & wear to binding with tanning to spine label; endpapers toned; else very good. 147 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: inscribed & signed by W. P. Fuller Jr, very good condition in boards with a cloth cpine
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A limited edition publication in 1939 by San Francisco?s legendary Grabhorn Press. This copy is in near fine condition, with only a slight touch of sun fading to the top and bottom edges of the front cover and a smallish bump to the top back cover corner to stand as condition issues. Otherwise, the book is in fine condition, with the interior text fine with many pages uncut. The soft blue paper covers are in beautiful condition, and the linen cloth spine is clean and bright with the paper spine label also in fine condition. There is an inked gift inscription on the ffep signed by Dana L. Fuller, 1947. The chapter headings are highlighted by pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate the storyline, which traces the evolution of the W. P. Fuller & Company through the years of California?s economic and cultural development, linking the company to the larger trends and events in the state. With 144 pages and sized 7 1/4 X 10 3/8, this book is a nice example of the fine-press craft and artistry centered in San Francisco. 144 pages.
Seller: JDBFamily, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 144p., illus. Printed at The Grabhorn Press. This copy inscribed by the president of the company for Clarence E. Anderson Very good condition; lacking part of paper label on spine
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cloth spine with boards, 7 1/4 X 10 1/4 inches, 144 pages + 2 leaves. Final leaf with creased corner. Bottom corner rubbed, light fading to cover, Near Fine. Signed and inscribed in two hands on the end paper "To Ralph C. Tlewelling With the compliments of W.P. Fuller & Co. W.P. Fuller Jr. 1939"
Seller: The Bookstall, Richmond, CA, U.S.A.
Fuller, W. P., Jr.. NINETY YEARS. N, San Francisco, 1939.
Price: US$46.25 + shipping
Description: The story of William Parmer Fuller. Frontispiece portrait, text illustration; roy. 8vo; qr. canvas, printed label on spine, edges a trifle worn, blue papered boards; privately printed, Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1939. Presentation copy, inscribed by W. P. Fuller, Jr. on upper free endpaper.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia